| AUGURS | In ancient Rome, a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy (6) |
| LEADER | A broadsheet's principal editorial article, intended to guide public opinion; or, a front-runner (6) |
| AUGUR | Word, similar to the name of a carpenter's boring tool, for a Roman religious official who interpreted omens from the behaviour of birds; or, any diviner, prophet or soothsayer (5) |
| COMETS | Omens, to ancients |
| IMAM | Small measure to restrain a religious official (4) |
| RABBI | Religious official who becomes ordained through semikhah |
| CIRCUS | In ancient Rome, a circular or oval building for public entertainments (6) |
| FASCES | In ancient Rome, a bundle of rods with an axe blade protruding which was the symbol of a magistrate's power (6) |
| CENSUS | In ancient Rome a registration of the population for the purposes of taxation (6) |
| AEDILE | (Ancient Rome) A magistrate responsible for public buildings, markets etc. (6) |
| QUANGO | Body funded by govern-ment to work on matters of public policy (6) |
| DANIEL | Hebrew prophet who interpreted the dreams of Nebuchadnezzar (6) |
| MOVEON | ___.org, progressive public policy advocacy group formed in 1998 |
| GLADIATOR | In ancient Rome, a man trained to fight in an arena to provide entertainment (9) |
| TRIUMPH | In ancient Rome, a ritual procession to the Capitoline Hill in honour of a victorious general (7) |
| MEADOW | Field in Rome a downpour swamps (6) |
| PRIEST | Religious official (6) |
| OVATION | In ancient Rome, a victory procession for a returning general less glorious than a triumph (7) |
| SACRARIUM | In ancient Rome, a place where consecrated objects were kept, in a temple or house |
| SIGNET | Sort of ring bringing omen to alien (6) |
